From December 7 to 11, 2016, more than 150 enthusiastic young activists from 21 countries gathered together in order to discuss youth entrepreneurship and education in the modern world. The Riau International Youth Summit (RIYS) 2016 has united the youth representatives in Pekanbaru city, which is located in Riau province, Indonesia. AUCA alumna Nurzhan Kadyrkulova was the only representative from Kyrgyzstan on this summit.

On November 29, 2016, the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Program of AUCA held its first Certificate Award Ceremony.

AMICAL 2017 Conference will be held on May 17-20, 2017 at the American College of Thessaloniki. 
The conference will be centered around this theme: "Centering on Learning: Partnership and Professional Development among Librarians, Faculty and Technologists"

Galina Gorborukova, PhD, is an associate professor and coordinator in the Sociology Department. She joined AUCA in 2000 and began her work as part-time teacher of sociology. Now, Gorborukova works full-time. She took a moment to talk about her career at AUCA.

Daler Kaziev, an alumnus of the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX 2011-2012) from Murghab District, known as Eastern Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, is one of the first graduates of AUCA’s the newly opened Liberal Arts and Sciences concentration in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.

On December 11, 2016, pre-competitions of the Enactus international organization took place in American University of Central Asia (AUCA), where teams with most various ideas were gathered and presented their intermediate results. The event was held in the AUCA Forum. Participants from southern regions also took part in this event.

Hafizullah Saeedi, freshmen in International and Comparative Politics, represented American University of Central Asia in the First Youth Competition of Ideas for A Sustainable Future at United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Head Quarter, Rome, Italy, from 30th November 2016 to 2nd December 2016.

Open poster and pictures competition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of psychologist, philosopher, writer - Aaron Abramovich Brudny (1932-2011).

The American University of Central Asia and the University of Indiana plan to hold a biannual two-day workshop highlighting emerging trends in the scholarship on Central Eurasia.

The Global Centre for Pluralism, in partnership with the Central Asian Studies Institute at the American University of Central Asia, the French Institute for Central Asian Studies (IFEAC), Bishkek Humanities University and Osh State University is pleased to invite you to a Forum on History and Memory in Kyrgyzstan: Toward an Inclusive Society at the American University of Central Asia, in Bishkek, on Monday, December 12th, 2016.